Need to replace broken wireless router

My wireless router antenna has been broken off. How can I obtain a replacement.
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You can either do the click to chat at the bottom of the page where it says contact us. Or you can call 800 VERIZON. I like the contact us chat.
They are going to send you a whole router, they don't send single antenna's, so if you don't want to go through all that, you can buy replacement antenna's at radioshack or online at ebay or amazon.
I've bought replacement antenna's for about 5-10 bux before

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